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Due to illness, Adela Zaharia no longer perform in San Francisco Opera’s ‘Strauss in Concert’ on Nov. 6.

Zaharia will be replaced by Kathleen O’Mara as the soprano soloist. O’Mara will perform Strauss’ “Four Last Songs” in place of the previously scheduled “Brentano Lieder.” This one-night-only event also includes the U.S. premiere of a new suite of music from Strauss’ opera “Der Rosenkavalier,” one of the composer’s early tone poems, and “Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks.” Caroline H. Hume Music Director Eun Sun Kim conducts.

O’Mara was recently awarded 1st Prize at the 2025 Queen Sonja Singing Competition and 1st Prize and the Birgit Nilsson Prize at the 2024 Operalia Competition. She is a graduate of LA Opera’s Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program and is a 2024 recipient of the prestigious Sara Tucker Study Grant from the Richard Tucker Foundation. O’Mara’s current season includes roles such as Micaëla, Elsa, and Liù.

The concert will take place at the War Memorial Opera House, beginning at 7:30 pm.

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